It doesnt cost perks!?!?!

[Lusche]

By considering R105's recent posting history, I'm quite confident he will ignore this particular information. 

[ACE]

no it's a perk gaining machine...ENY 40 (F4U1a 31) 

woot ! lol

[DREDIOCK]

The FIREFLY is an improved Sherman, yes. The Sherman is the Sherman and we don't have one.

Curious because I dont know not because im trying to be sarcastic.
With the improved gun on the firefly. was the armor improved as well?
 Shermans were known as "Purple heart boxes" or "Ronsons" because of their notoriously weak armor and because they caught fire so easy "Lights first time every time" Its main assets were their speed, ease of maintenance & repair & great numbers produced. (It was a gangbanger)

Yet armor on the Firefly here seems abnormally tough to me.

As for the tiger
In addition to its thick armor he Tiger was lethal at greater ranges then anything we have in game but particularly against the T34 Which if its modeled that was would justify its perk value.
Thing is, here with everyone liking to camp and get in close both its armor and superior killing range are negated.

[OOZ662]

I've heard it both ways. I (at least thought) I had read a thread on how the armor had been upgraded, but when I shared that "knowledge" later I was jumped with "No it wasn't!"

[E25280]

Curious because I dont know not because im trying to be sarcastic.
With the improved gun on the firefly. was the armor improved as well?
 Shermans were known as "Purple heart boxes" or "Ronsons" because of their notoriously weak armor and because they caught fire so easy "Lights first time every time" Its main assets were their speed, ease of maintenance & repair & great numbers produced. (It was a gangbanger)

Yet armor on the Firefly here seems abnormally tough to me.

As for the tiger
In addition to its thick armor he Tiger was lethal at greater ranges then anything we have in game but particularly against the T34 Which if its modeled that was would justify its perk value.
Thing is, here with everyone liking to camp and get in close both its armor and superior killing range are negated.

Fires in the early M4s were mainly the result of poor ammo storage, which was largely corrected in later versions.

The armor is of comparable thickness to the T-34 -- funny that you never hear of a T-34's "notoriously thin" armor, eh?  And generally the quality of metal on the Sherman was better than the T-34.

Armor was not upgraded on the Firefly, but with the much better gun, it is engaging the enemy at a longer range than your typical M4 encounter.

[phatzo]

didn't the m4 change from a cast shell to a fabricated shell at some point?

[Big Rat]

The Sherman's didn't have bad armor.  The German's just had excellent anti-tank guns.  I actually think the Panzer IV's 75mm L-48 in this game seems underpowered to me.

 
BigRat